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Eizanji Temple: Bell

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榮山寺銅鐘

日本奈良五條

位於日本奈良縣五條市小島町榮山寺鐘樓。原屬京都深草道澄寺,現為奈良榮山寺藏。平安延喜十七年(917)銅鑄鐘,通高157.4公分,口徑89公分。因其鐘鈕龍首雕刻精巧,刀法雄勁,被譽為日本第一梵鐘。又以名家銘文和修長鐘身,媲美京都神護寺和京都宇治平等院之梵鐘。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
 鐘身中部微鼓,底部圓圈平直。雙龍鐘鈕,可懸掛;龍首大而低平,睜目張口,鬃毛上揚。龍身連成圓形鈕。龍頸上置八瓣蓮座,承托寶珠,寶珠四面飾透雕火焰紋。鐘身上下環帶素面無紋,表面以橫、豎凸弦紋分隔成上中下三段,以及多個方形區塊。上段四區乳釘紋廓,廓內有四列七行,共二十八枚半球形的乳釘紋。中段四區均為陽鑄銘文。銘文內容主要為道澄寺創建緣起及讚歎鑄鐘之功德,每行八字,字體端正,傳為管原道真撰文,小野道風書跡。
 銅鐘使用蜜蠟鑄刻,保持書體原味。鐘身下方有圓形撞座,周緣刻飾八薄瓣蓮花。巧妙地集鑄工、刻工及造型設計於一體,顯示當時高水準工藝。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 63.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Eizanji Temple: Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 63.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Eizanji Temple: Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:63.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Eizanji Temple: Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 63).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 63,
title = {{Eizanji Temple: Bell}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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